It has to be very hard to produce a vehicle in this day and age that meets all of the government requirements, and continues to do so well into the usage of said vehicle. The fact that the Transportation sect. and the head of the NTSB had to travel to Japan, and meet directly with the heads of Toyota before anything started to happen as to a recall...., these problems had been apparent for quite awhile.

 Pinto's burned, Vega's rotted around you, if could even keep them running, and when's the last time you saw a Volare? Toyotas aren't perfect either.

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Subject: Re: [BP] interesting stuck accelerator fact

I agree, but I am partial to Fords.

I think that the Toyota recalls are primarily politically motivated.  I 
don't know what they did or didn't do, but they sure are being spanked. 
  Really, a part on the accelerator petal wears, or a floor mat 
overrides the petal, and this is a recall item?  By this criteria, 
every car in existance or to be built in the future should be recalled. 


I have never owned a car that hasn't had a fundamental engineering 
flaw.  And I've owned Chevys, Fords, VW's, Datsuns, Nissans, a Subaru, 
a Jeep, a Volvo, and a Plymouth. And, I've never worked on a car that 
didn't have a fundamental engineering flaw (Caddies, Honda's, 
Oldsmobiles, Audi's, Mercedes, Lincolns, Dodges, Land Rovers, and who 
knows what else).  So what.  You use it, you fix it, you wear it out, 
and you get another pretty good car that you use as a tool to go to job 
to job, house to cave, through the snow, over the mountain or through 
the woods, or screaming down the interstate.

Steve Stokowski

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Sent: Thu, Feb 18, 2010 10:30 am
Subject: Re: [BP] interesting stuck accelerator fact

Better idea, trade it for a Ford. 
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